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Assessing microalgae biorefinery routes for the production of biofuels via hydrothermal liquefaction
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The interest in third generation biofuels from microalgae has been rising during the past years. Meanwhile, it seems not economically feasible to grow algae just for biofuels. Co-products with a higher value should be produced by extracting a particular algae fraction to improve the economics of an algae biorefinery. The present study aims at analyzing the influence of two main microalgae components (lipids and proteins) on the composition and quantity of biocrude oil obtained via hydrothermal liquefaction of two strains (Nannochloropsis gaditana and Scenedesmus almeriensis). The algae were liquefied as raw biomass, after extracting lipids and after extracting proteins in microautoclave experiments at different temperatures (300-375°C) for 5 and 15min. The results indicate that extracting the proteins from the microalgae prior to HTL may be interesting to improve the economics of the process while at the same time reducing the nitrogen content of the biocrude oil.
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“and according to Das et al. [90], recovery of 59% of energy from the HTL process was possible using municipal sewage sludge.”
From Research Progress, Trends, and Future Prospects on Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae for Biocrude Production: A Bibliometric Analysis (2024) · cites this paper as [90]
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“Different approaches are also discussed in the recent scientific literature and aim to improve the economic issues, such as using the co-HTL process to cover algal reduced productivity in colder seasons [87, 88] or algal cultivation costs [89] and previously extracting valuable compounds from the algae and then converting the residual biomass into biofuel [90–92].”
From Research Progress, Trends, and Future Prospects on Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae for Biocrude Production: A Bibliometric Analysis (2024) · cites this paper as [90]
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- Authors
- López Barreiro, D., Samorì, C., Terranella, G., Hornung, U., Kruse, A., & Prins, W.
- Affiliations
- University of Bologna (IT)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-12
- Volume
- 174
- Pages
- 256-265
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1998977829
- Cited by
- 116
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 11
- FWCI
- 3.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
- University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- IWT
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Fuel Technology › Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Catalysis › Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
- Keywords
- microalgae biorefinery, hydrothermal liquefaction, third-generation biofuels, biocrude, Nannochloropsis gaditana, Scenedesmus almeriensis, lipid extraction, protein extraction, nitrogen content reduction, process economics
- MeSH terms
- Biotechnology, Carbon, Gases, Lipids, Nitrogen, Proteins, Temperature, Time Factors, Water, Complex Mixtures, Biofuels, Microalgae
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